# bico
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bico (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); either from Latin beccus from Gaulish *beccos (“chicken beak”) interfered by picar, or directly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; ultimately from Proto-Celtic *bekkos (“hook”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbikʊ]

### Noun

bico m (plural bicos)
* beak
    -Ai que rico mazarico! / quen che deu tamaño bico? / -Deumo Deus e meus pecados, / que non os teño ben purgados-So cute, curlew! Who gave you such a beak? -God gave it to me, and my sins, because they are not well purged (traditional)
    Synonym: peteiro
* pout
* snout
    Synonyms: fociño, morro
* kiss
    Meniña, se che pesou / polos bicos que me deches, / devólveme os que che eu dei / e dareiche os que me dechesBaby, if you feel remorse because of the kisses you gave me, then give me back the ones I gave you, that I'll give you back the ones that you gave me (traditional)
** 1808, anonymous author, Un labrador que foi sarxento:Salirán cando volvades, Para traervos en trunfo Con gaitas e con ferreñas, Todal as Mozas de rumbo. Veredes como se botan Todal as Vellas de bruzos Para darvos moitos bicos Por pés, por pernas, e muslos.They'll come out on your return, [from war] for bringing you in triumph with bagpipes and jingles, all the girls along the way You'll see how all the old ladies lie face down To give many kisses on your feet, legs and thighs
    Synonyms: beixo, ósculo
* tip, peak
** 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: CSIC, page 1:deralle cõ aquela seeta por la queixada seestra e foralle por medeo da cabe[ç]a, et o biquo dela foralle ferir ẽna nariz.he hit the arrow on his left jaw, it went through the middle of the head, and the tip of it just hurt him in the nose
    Synonym: pico
* bite; blow
** 1777, anonymous author, Romance da Urca de Santo Antón‎:nisto outro golpe de mar beu, é deu á popa un bicothen another large wave came along, and it give the poop a blow
* chin
    Synonyms: barba, queixo
* spout
    Synonyms: biquela, cano, picho
* highest point (of a hill, stairways, etc)
    Synonyms: cima, cume

#### Derived terms

* bica
* bicar
* bicada
* bicudo
* biquela
* biquiño (“little kiss”)
* ter bo bico
* torcer o bico

#### Related terms

* beizo

### Verb

bico
* first-person singular present indicative of bicar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bico”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bico”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “biquo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bico”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bico”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bico”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “pico”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Ido
### Alternative forms

* bito

### Etymology

Borrowed from English bit, French bit, German Bit, Italian bit, Russian бит (bit), Spanish bit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbit͡so/

### Noun

bico (plural bici)
* (neologism, mathematics, computing) bit (binary digit)

#### Usage notes

bico is used more often than bito, since bito is already a word, meaning "bitt" (nautical). Though, occasional usage of bito for the binary digit does occur.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbi.ku/
* Rhymes: -iku
* Hyphenation: bi‧co

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese bico, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish *beccos (“chicken beak, small”), from Proto-Celtic *bekkos (“hook”). Possibly influenced by picar. Compare Spanish pico.

#### Noun

bico m (plural bicos)
* Anatomical structure:
** beak, bill (structure projecting from a bird's face)
** beak (chitinous structure that forms the jaw of cephalopods and turtles)
** snout (mouth of a dolphin)
    Synonym: nariz
** rostrum (beak-shaped projection of weevils)
    Synonyms: probóscide, rostro
* (by extension, figurative) poultry
* (figurative, colloquial) mouth
* (Portugal, vulgar) blowjob
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:felação
* (figurative) tip (extreme end of an object)
* (figurative) teapot spout
* (Brazil, informal) toe kick; toe-poke (a kick with the toes)
    Synonyms: bicuda, bica, biqueirada
* (Brazil, colloquial) odd job
    Synonym: (Portugal) biscate
* (South Brazil) pacifier
* (Brazil) a type of crochet adornment
    Synonyms: barra, barrado

##### Derived terms

* até o cu fazer bico
* bica
* bicada
* bicar
* bico de Bunsen
* bico de mamadeira
* bico de pato
* bico de teta
* bico do peito
* bico-de-lacre
* bico-virado
* bicota
* bicuda
* bicudo
* biqueira
* biqueirada
* biquinho
* biquinho
* cascar o bico
* cruza-bico
* fazer bico
* grão-de-bico
* levar no bico
* no bico do corvo
* rachar o bico
* tucano-de-bico-preto

#### Verb

bico
* first-person singular present indicative of bicar

### Etymology 2

From Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu, “mendicant”).

#### Noun

bico m (plural bicos, feminine bicunim, feminine plural bicunins)
* (Buddhism) bhikkhu

### Further reading

* “bico”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “bico”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “bico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “bico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “bico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025